The Carpathian Castle (French: Le Château des Carpathes)
is a novel by Jules
Verne first published in 1893.

Title

The original French title was Le Château des Carpathes
and in English there are some alternate titles, such as The
Castle of the Carpathians and Rodolphe de Gortz; or the
Castle of the Carpathians.

Synopsis

In the village of Werst in the Carpathian
mountains of Transylvania (then part of Austria-Hungary, today part of Romania), some mysterious
things are occurring and the villagers believe that Chort (the devil) occupies the castle. A
visitor of the region, Count Franz de Télek, is intrigued by the
stories and decides to go to the castle and investigate and finds
that the owner of the castle is Baron Rodolphe de Gortz, one of his
acquaintances, as years ago, they were rivals for the affections of
the celebrated Italian prima donna La Stilla. The Count thought
that La Stilla was dead, but he sees her image and voice coming
from the castle, but we later on find that it was only a holographic image.